Community Resource Integration Improves Substance Abuse Treatment for Teens
Upon reviewing results of their Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), a core management team in a California neighborhood was concerned; the data indicated high incidents of binge drinking among freshmen and sophomores at their high school. Although the school had a tough discipline policy on this issue and introduced a number of universal substance abuse prevention programs in the past, this did not decrease the percentage of students suspended for alcohol-related incidences according to YRBS survey data.